The Very Latest on the Steve Scalise Shooting

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and three others were shot Wednesday morning at a practice for the GOP congressional baseball team in Alexandria, Virginia, Fox News reports. The shots were first reported at 7:09 a.m. near a YMCA, according to police on Twitter. Scalise was shot in the hip and one aide was shot in the chest. Two Capitol Hill police agents, part of the congressmen's security detail, were also shot according to CNN. Shortly after the shooting police said the suspect was in custody, while Sen. Jeff Flake told CBS News that the shooter was also shot.

That suspect has been identified as James T. Hodgkinson, a 66-year-old man from Illinois. In a statement this morning, President Trump said the shooter is dead.

Rep. Mo Brooks joined CNN shortly after the incident to give a harrowing account, describing how he was waiting to bat near home plate when the shooter appeared around the dugout on the third base line and started shooting with a semiautomatic rifle. CBS News reported that it was "an M4 assault rifle," but subsequent reports indicate it was "similar to an M4." Brooks hid behind a plastic batting cage, then ran to the first base dugout, where he applied a tourniquet to another aide who was shot in the leg. At some point, Brooks said, the congressmen's security detail returned fire at the suspect, and around 50 to 100 rounds were fired over at least 10 minutes.

Rep. Mo Brooks: “I see a rifle… I hear another blam… at the same time I hear Steve Scalise scream ... He was shot” https://t.co/JIbl6t3yTr

Once the firing had stopped, Flake and others rushed out to Scalise, who was shot while standing near second base and proceeded to drag himself out into the outfield, leaving what Brooks described as a long trail of blood. A staffer used a belt, according to Fox News, to apply another tourniquet to stop Scalise's bleeding. Scalise, 51, has represented Louisiana's 1st Congressional District, which includes a portion of New Orleans, since 2008. He is the number three in Republican congressional leadership behind Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. CBS News reports Scalise is "doing okay" in the hospital.

This is the first shooting incident involving a member of Congress since the Tucson shooting in 2011, when Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others were shot in a supermarket parking lot. Six people died, but Giffords, who suffered extensive head injuries, survived. She released a statement of her own this morning in support of the victims:

My heart is with my former colleagues, their families & staff, and the US Capitol Police- public servants and heroes today and every day.

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